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  "retrieved": "2026-10-18T02:36:01Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "FERENCE & COMPANY CONSULTING LTD: public contracts won without a rival in Canada",
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        "label": "of its awards",
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        "value": 7,
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      "FERENCE & COMPANY CONSULTING LTD won 20 of its 48 public contract awards in Canada without a rival from 2022-01-06 to 2026-01-05, worth $1.2M: 7 without a competition and 13 after a competition that drew a single bid. 8 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest Employment and Social Development Canada with 7."
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          "Date": "2026-01-05",
          "Buyer": "Employment and Social Development Canada C-2025-2026-Q4-00459",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/employment-and-social-development-canada/",
          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$39.9K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
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        {
          "Date": "2025-06-25",
          "Buyer": "Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario C-2025-2026-Q1-10",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/federal-economic-development-agency-for-southern-ontario/",
          "How": "Single bid OB",
          "Value": "$155K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-09-18",
          "Buyer": "Shared Services Canada C-2024-2025-Q2-00281",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/shared-services-canada/",
          "How": "Single bid TC",
          "Value": "$39.0K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-08-27",
          "Buyer": "Canadian Institutes of Health Research C-2024-2025-Q3-00007",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/canadian-institutes-of-health-research/",
          "How": "Single bid TC",
          "Value": "$90.9K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-06-21",
          "Buyer": "Indigenous Services Canada C-2024-2025-Q1-00226",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/indigenous-services-canada/",
          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$34.1K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2023-11-15",
          "Buyer": "Canadian Institutes of Health Research C-2023-2024-Q3-00012",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/canadian-institutes-of-health-research/",
          "How": "Single bid ST",
          "Value": "$39.9K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
        }
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        "name": "all of Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/"
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        "name": "record in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/ference-company-consulting-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Employment and Social Development Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/employment-and-social-development-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/crown-indigenous-relations-and-northern-affairs-canada/"
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      {
        "name": "Canadian Institutes of Health Research",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/canadian-institutes-of-health-research/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Canadian Heritage",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/canadian-heritage/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/federal-economic-development-agency-for-southern-ontario/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/innovation-science-and-economic-development-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Shared Services Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/shared-services-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Indigenous Services Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/indigenous-services-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "All countries",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uncontested/"
      }
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"FERENCE & COMPANY CONSULTING LTD: public contracts won without a rival in Canada\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/s/ference-company-consulting-ltd/"
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